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RE: possible AIM dos?
From: "leon" <leon () inyc com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:56:59 -0400
You are only allowed to warn someone 35 percent in one "session". Then if you restart (aim) you can warn them another 35 percent however they have to respond to your messages for this to effective. HTH Leon -----Original Message----- From: John Scimone [mailto:jscimone () cc gatech edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:15 PM To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com Subject: possible AIM dos? After reading this outdated article regarding AOL Instant Messenger's "warn" feature: http://www.attrition.org/security/denial/w/aim-warn.dos.html I began to wonder what type of restrictions were put on it. Does anyone know what is stopping someone from registering multiple screen names, then sending warnings from each of those names, all targeted at the same user thus keeping that user at a 100% warning level denying them the instant messenger service for the most part? any thoughts are appreciated. thanks. John Scimone
Current thread:
- possible AIM dos? John Scimone (Oct 09)
- Re: possible AIM dos? Matthew Sachs (Oct 09)
- Re: possible AIM dos? lazy (Oct 09)
- RE: possible AIM dos? leon (Oct 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: possible AIM dos? Clarke, Matthew J (Oct 10)
- Re: possible AIM dos? Deigodude (Oct 10)
- RE: possible AIM dos? leon (Oct 11)